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Nuclear History at the National Security Archive.
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/NC/nuchis.html , herunderNational Security Archive : U.S Nuclear History. Nuclear Arms
and Politics in the Missile Age, 1955 - 1968.
'Documents one of the most formidable military buildups of the
nuclear era. It begins with 1955, when the U.S. Air Force acquired
its first B-52 bomber, massively destructive thermonuclear weapons
entered the weapons stockpile in large numbers, and President
Eisenhower declared the production of operational intercontinental
ballistic missiles (ICBMs) the highest national priority. During
the following years, the United States produced and deployed a
potentially devastating array of Atlas, Titan, and Minuteman ICBMs
and Polaris submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs), all
poised for rapid retaliation or first-strike in a crisis. In
addition to its own rapid nuclear expansion, the United States also
deployed thousands of nuclear missiles in Western Europe during the
1960s to uphold alliance commitments with European powers. This
collection concludes with 1968, when a new phase in nuclear history
was approaching; with the Soviets reaching strategic parity, the
White House began making arms control negotiations a priority, and
the Air Force successfully tested multiple independently targetable
reentry vehicles (MIRVs) to enhance the destructive reach of
ballistic missiles.'
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/publications/nh/Responding to War, Terrorism, and WMD Proliferation: History
of DTRA, 1998-2008 / Adams, Bianka J. / Harahan, Joseph P.
DTRA History Series, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, U. S.
Department of Defense, 2008. - 163 s.